Bee, 1930-04-25

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vol 10 university of buffalo april 25 1930 no 24 joint charities campaign for community fund starts today u b hopes to exceed its goal for seventh time the fourteenth annual joint chari ties and community fund campaign begins today this campaign marks the seventh year for the university as a distinct unit in the drive the quota set for the faculty and stu dents for the entire uniersity for this year is 5,600 of which the share for the colleges of arts and sciences and business administration is 2,000 last fall the university went to the community for aid in its endowment fund the community responded splendidly with over five and one-half million dollars now is the chance for the school to show its apprecia tion never was the need for help greater all of buffalo's charitable organizations are besieged with re quests for aid a splendid group of faculty and students have been organ ized to help put the school over the top the sophomore and freshman classes will be covered in their eng lish sections while the upper classes will be covered by various class mem bers the city backed the school in its campaign now is the time for the school to get behind the city and belp put the drive over the top help the university workers to uphold their slogan — the first team to reach its quota cap and gown taps new members cap and gown senior women's honor society tapped its new mem bers last wednesday evening at an intermission after the home concert janet buchwald margaret kocsis dolores wonnacott margaret mor gan and bertha carnes were elected members for next year elections held at last meeting of women's club the women's club held one of their last meetings of the year on wednes day april 18 the election of of ficers was substituted for the pro gram that usually follows the lunch eon * the lounge presented a sociable ap pearance with the girls chatting in groups and enjoying the fine lunch eon that was prepared by edith ar nold the delicious salad was a fare well manifestation of the culinary tal ents of miss arnold and set a pre cedent that the new hostess will have to work hard to keep up the new officers are as follows dolores wonnacott president mar garet kocsis vice-president jean hahl secretary alberta isch treas urer and sigrid grottem hostess they will assume their new duties at the vocational dinner the final event of the year for the women's club u tuesday april 29 dr w g gregory tells y club of charms of florida the charms of swishing palm trees mid the snoutishness of crocodiles in he sunlit atmosphere of florida were described by dr willis g gregory dean of the school of pharmacy to the u b y club boys tuesday april 15 in the central y m c a beans also were served celebrated actor to give readings at convocation > max montor celebrated actor read : ' er and dramatic impersonator will ; give his interpretation of some of the - world's best literature at convocation 5 wednesday april 30 max montor studied for the stage i at the imperial conservatory of dra matic art in his native city vienna i his debut was made in zurich swit ; zerland as mephistopheles in faust [ since then he has made extensive ' tours through austria germany i switzerland and the united states playing such famous parts as hamlet mark anthony peer gynt shylock 1 macbeth don juan faust and many 1 others as a lecturer reciting from mem ory entire classical dramas as faust nathan the wise - ' julius caesar king oepidus and other master pieces as well as ballads and lyrics max montor is without an equal he has appeared at most of the leading universities and colleges of the united states where his programs have be come a stimulus for the language and literature departments mr montor has also given readings at literary and dramatic clubs throughout the country and always is met with un usual success the university of buffalo feels it a great privilege to be able to hear so famous a literary artist everyone should plan to attend this convoca tion period which will be one hour in length mr montor's program includes the following selections 1 cardinal wolsey's speech to cromwell from henry the eighth — shakespeare 2 dr stockman's address to the assembly from an enemy of the people — h isben 8 the final scene from the as sumption of hannele — gerhart , hauptmann 4 the raven e a poe 5 the rialto speech of shylock from the merchant of venice — shakespeare 6 the parable of the three rings from nathan the wise — g e leas ing bios club holds dinner dance to end social season on tuesday evening april 15 the members of the bios club revealed at an informal dinner dance amid the pleasant atmosphere of the mandarin restaurant everyone came prepared for a good time ate a lot and danced a little more the after dinner en tertainment was presided over by miles kelly the toast-master and fea tured among other things a whole some dissertation on soup a prophesy which ruthlessly exposed the future intentions of most of those present created no end of amusement dancing to the mandarin orchestra marked the climax of a most success ful and enjoyable evening this was the last red letter date on the social calendar for the bios club and it serves as a slight indi cation of the fun in store for bios members during the coming year andre geraud to lecture on london naval conference pertinax otherwise known as andre geraud will deliver a lecture on the london naval conference at the grosvenor library on friday may 2 at 8:30 p m he writes a leading article almost every day for the re actionary echo de paris and has become the most quoted journalist in france pertinax has recently re turned from england where he deliv ered a series of lectures on franco british relations student council to hold elections first week in may in accordance with the new con stitution which was passed by the arts college and the school of busi ness administration election for mem bership on the council will be imme diately held there will be six rep resentatives from the arts college three of whom shall be seniors two juniors and one sophomore at least one senior and one junior must be a girl there will be three up from business ad two of whom shall be seniors and one a junior it is op tional whether one shall be a girl or not depending upon who gets the highest number of votes nominations shall be by petition with ten signers from the class rep resented and endorsed by the candi date all petitions must be in the hands of either mark richelson or frank dressier by 4:15 monday april 28 the council may also nom inate candidates by a three-quarter vote these nominations will be made public wednesday april 30 and the elections will be held by ballot on the following wednesday may 7 during the coming week meetings will be held in the other schools to see whether they will join in the all university council or not thursday may 1 at 12:20 meetings of the various classes in the arts col lege will be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for class offices for next year all freshmen are to meet in the auditorium sophomores in room 239 hayes and juniors in room 233 hayes dates for elections will be announced later friday may 2 at 12:20 meetings of the various classes in the business administration school will be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for class offices for next year all freshmen are to meet in the auditor ium sophomores in room 239 hayes and juniors in room 233 hayes dates for elections will be announced later women's glee club elects officers for next year the activity of the women's glee club was successfully brought near conclusion at the home concert wed nesday april 23 one more concert that to be presented before the amer ican association of university women and the college club and the work of the present year is concluded on monday april 14 just before the easter holidays the election of next year's officers was sponsored dolores wonnacott was chosen succes sor to margaret schaffer as manager of this musical organization miss schaffer's excellent management of the club during the past year will serve as a precedent for the newly elected manager to emulate and strive to surpass the post of secre tary will be taken care of by edith arnold while constance reynolds will capacitate as librarian the girls glee club is undoubtedly one of the most highly recognized in school activities classwomen with the least bit of vocal ability are urged to try out for the club next year as members will allow the club to discriminate and furnish the foun dation for an organization of unusual talent moving-up day activities featured by student parade evening frolic held on campus final attraction the greatest moving-up day pa rade in the history of the university of buffalo will leave the terrace at 10:30 a m on saturday may 3 a cup is to be awarded to the best organized school a banner to the prettiest float and a banner to the funniest float the most cleverly got ten-up individual will receive a foun tain pen it is urged that all frater nities sororities clubs and organiza tions enter floats in the parade leav ing the terrace the parade will pro ceed down main street to tupper over tupper to delaware over dela ware to chippewa and thence to hutchinson central high school convocation it is planned to have various acts from the shea theaters at this con vocation another feature which will be especially entertaining is a play to be presented by the blue masquers who have but recently proven their worth chancellor capen will at this time make the awards in recognition of faithful participation in the various student activities origin of life subject of talk by dr w b kerr dr wilfred b kerr spoke before ■ the honors group at the bi-monthly , meeting on friday april 11 his talk , on the origin of life upheld the standpoint of vitalism in nature he declared that speculation on the origin of life was up to the year 1698 1 resolved into two points of view 1 either that all living beings come germs and the germ from parents or that life springs from dust that : in some forms at least life originates from the physical world this last opinion held sway in the ancient world but in 1698 it was proved that the maggots that appear on dead meat are really only the larvae of flies many other experiments were succes sively carried out each one pointing to the fact that omne vivum ex vivo everything living comes from life even with the aid of the microscope today there is no known circumstance that justifies one in assuming that organisms have come into the world without parents like themselves he reviewed the attempts of different chemists to produce life by a synthe sis of chemical elements all of them proving futile dr kerr volunteered the opinion that these chemists are on the wrong track for the simple cell is much more than chemical sub stances it is chemical substances plus a uniquely powerful organization and direction the human body he declared is really a stream of chem ical substances moulded and organ ized temporarily by this strange prin ciple of life and therefore to investi gate the chemical substances is to miss the problem entirely in describing the characteristics of life dr kerr said does it not seem that the essential of life is not chem icals not force not energy but that it is an organization of chemicals of forces of energy and an organiza tion directed toward specific purposes the nourishment of the individual and i the reproduction of the race does : it not seem that life is a principle ] 1 evening session presents follies the übessa follies of 1930 will be presented by the university of buffalo evening session students association on saturday evening may 3 in the hotel statler ballroom the production this year is under the direction of roswell p rosengren there are over 100 in the cast the evening's features will consist of night club scenes show girls a danc ing chorus and specialty acts straight from broadway tickets are 1.50 per person or if purchased at the door 2.00 there will be dancing between the acts and up until 2 o'clock this is the second annual follies and according to the present plans will be the biggest and best ever student vote on library solicited to ascertain sentiment regarding library rules the bee as an organ of student opinion has in the past strongly advo cated a change in the library rules if such a change is to come about how ever the students must request it and in order to ascertain the sentiment of the student body in regard to the present rules a poll will be taken and the results used in furthering the cause the question of whether reserve books shall leave the library at 5:30 p m as under the present system or at 4:30 p m as proposed under the new system as well as whether they shall be returned at 8:30 a m under the present system or at 9:00 a m as proposed under the new plan must be decided this problem should be given due consideration before casting a ballot for the welfare of a great number of students is at stake under the present system reserve books are in the library from 8:30 a m until 5:30 p m and are at the disposal of all students who are in the habit of arriving at 8:30 find this condition adequate to meet their demands if the rules were changed it would mean that in many instances these students would be inconvenienced if a reserve book which they desired to read were not returned until 9:00 a m on the other hand we have the student who would find it much more convenient to return reserve books at 9:00 a m than at 8:30 in this category are the individuals who have no 8:30 classes and to whom arriving at this hour is somewhat of a hardship as to the time when reserve books may be withdrawn from the library a system can be easily devised to meet every case those who wish to remain in the library and study after 4:30 may use reserve books if they put in a reservation for the book to remain in the library on the other hand those who wish to draw reserve books at 4:30 may do so if they have not been reserved beforehand if such a system is to be adopted the students must express favorably for it and the success or failure of a new system lies entirely in their hands the ballot at the bottom of the page should be used intelligently to express the individual opinion of the student in order to avoid stuffing of votes each ballot must be signed but will be considered strictly confidential library ballot indicate with an x your desire for or against the proposition shall reserve books leave the library at — yes no 4:30 p.m pj pj 5:30 p.m r i p i shall reserve books be returned to the library at — yes no 9:00a.m pi pi 8:30 a.m p pi name class continued on page 3 column 1 support joint charities others have completed their college course in three academic years hy attending summer ses sions so can you a year's start in one's profession and a year's salary after graduation mean far more than the amounts which can be earned through short time summer em ployment make the long sum mer period pay large dividends have a month and a half vaca tion between the close of the summer session august 8 and the opening of the fall semes ter september 24 help joint charities the honors group will meet i riday april 25 at 4:15 p m in the honors room professor henry ten eyck perry will speak on the theater of to day richard w boynton chairman